Problems are complicated. We need to think clearly about them, to analyze their causes. We also need to act quickly because, oddly or not, some solutions expire.
Sit, or move?
Think, or act?
This isn't a universal assertion, but maybe one with value:
the situation isn't entirely the problem, and the problem isn't entirely the situation.
As closely as cause and effect may nest, there are likely other causes, other effects worth considering. It's a bit like widening the circle in a jam session. Yes, the new instruments complicate things, and yes, sometimes the notes are discordant, but oh! the miracle of the unexpected harmonies can make the how piece better.
That's the situation. What if it existed before the problem, and needs to exist beyond the problem?
We can sit with a problem without making that problem the entire situation.
What do you think?
-- doug smith
ps: The drawing is only partially related. It't a situation. It's a problem. I drew this dancing with the idea of problem vs. polarity...and other random situations.
